• Overview
• Calendar
• Accreditation
• Undergraduate
• Graduate
•   - M.Arch 1 (3 year)
•   - M.Arch 2 (2 year)
• Post-graduate
•   - MDesR: ESTm
•   - MDesR: SCIFI (Future Initiatives)
• Community Design
• Course Information
• Study Abroad
•   - Milan, Italy
•   - Tokyo, Japan
• Summer Programs
•   - Making + Meaning
•   - Design Immersion Days

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Overview

The Southern California Institute of Architecture offers undergraduate—B.Arch, and graduate degree programs—MArch 1 and MArch 2— accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

In the fall and spring terms, design studios, seminars and workshops led by visiting instructors and SCI-Arc faculty offer students a multitude of choices and perspectives. During the summer term, some courses are also open to upper-level students from other architecture programs and to the public.

In addition to its undergraduate and graduate programs, SCI-Arc offers a 4-week summer program for high school students—Design Immersion Days; a five-week intensive, introductory program that explores design through experimental architecture—Making+Meaning, and two one-year postgraduate programs with specialization in City Design, Planning and Policy—Future Initiatives, and Emerging Systems & Technologies—EST.

SCI-Arc's undergraduate and graduate programs culminate in two public events in which students present their thesis projects to renowned critics from all over the world. A true celebration of academic achievement, SCI-Arc's thesis reviews are regarded as a major forum for the discussion of insights and innovative concepts among theoreticians and practicing architects.

Recently, SCI-Arc ranked second in Design and Computer Applications in the 2011 America's Best Architecture Schools survey from DesignIntelligence.

Watch the 2009 Graduate Thesis Reviews video >>

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